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Global Covid-19 cases cross 67mn mark: Johns Hopkins

Dec 7, 2020 Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed the 67 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.53 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its…

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UK’s Queen Elizabeth II ‘to wait in line’ for Covid vaccine

Dec 6, 2020 London: The UK’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will not get preferential treatment, but will instead “wait in line” during the first wave of the Covid-19 vaccines reserved for…

18 dead, 1 rescued in China mine accident

Dec 5, 2020 Beijing: Eighteen people have died, while one other person was rescued after an accident due to excessive levels of carbon monoxide at a coal mine in China, authorities said on Saturday. The…

Don’t misread efforts to relocate Rohingyas: B’desh ministry

By Sumi Khan Dec 5, 2020 Dhaka: A total of 1,642 Rohingyas of Bangladesh are settling in after arriving at Bhashan Char, an island in the Bay of Bengal under Hatiya upazila of Noakhali which…

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UK, EU Brexit talks paused over ‘significant divergences’

Dec 5 London, Dec 5 (IANS) After one week of intense trade negotiations in London, the chief Brexit negotiators from the UK and the European Union (EU) have agreed to “pause the talks” due to…

Farmers in India have right to demonstrate peacefully: Guterres spokesperson

Dec 5, 2020 United Nations: Farmers in India have the right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities should allow them, according to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. “We want to see people have a voice…

US sets record with 225,201 single-day Covid-19 cases

Dec 5, 2020 Washington: Setting a new grim record, the US reported 225,201 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic in the country, currently…

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Snowden urges Trump to pardon Assange

Dec 4, 2020 San Francisc: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has urged US President Donald Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange during his last days in the White House. In a tweet, Snowden who has…

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Senate to vote on blocking Trump’s UAE arms sale

Dec 4, 2020 Washington: The US Senate will vote next week on whether to block President Donald Trump’s arms sale to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a top official announced. In a statement on Thursday,…

Satellite photos show severe damage in US’ record 2020 wildfire season

Dec 4, 2020 Washington: Satellite photos have revealed severe damages caused by the record wildfire season this year in the US states of California and Colorado, a new study said, adding that the “high severity”…

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